- Took her stage name from Janet Gaynor's character in A Star Is Born (1937). Alas, Vicki Lester never made the grade as a star in her own right.
- Came to films via a modelling career, and cast by Walter Wanger in "Vogues of 1938".
- She was superstitious, carrying her lucky matrix ring with her at all times.
- Briefly ran a dress shop and designed clothes during her short-lived marriage (1945-46) to designer and ex-ski champion Steven Stanford.
- Her great-great aunt was the noted 19th century stage actress Charlotte Saunders Cushman.
- Enjoyed swimming, ice skating, collecting handkerchiefs and reading epic novels.
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